An elephant killed a person in Gobri village in the district on Thursday late evening. As the officials had said that the rescue operation of elephants would begin after taking permission from higher ups, it began on Saturday.
An elephant killed a person in the Gobri village of the Anuppur district on Thursday. Enraged and outraged, the villagers attack the officials present at the spot.
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupendra Yadav, will pay a visit to the families of victims of the wild elephant attacks in Wayanad district.
Bishop Jose Porunnedam, Bishop of Mananthavadi Diocese, has asked for a review of the case filed against those who took part in the protest that took place in Wayanad's Pulpalli following the death of Paul, a native of Pakkum, due to a wild elephant attack.
Kerala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan on Monday visited Mananthavadi Bishops House. The Governor said that he had come to Wayanad to visit the families who died in the wild elephant attack and to console the family members.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday assured the residents of Wayanad that he will take up the issue regarding frequent wild elephant attacks in the region with the central as well as state governments.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the Pulpally violence incidents for attacking the vehicle of the forest department, according to police.
VD Satheesan, Kerala's Leader of the Opposition, on Sunday, slammed the state government for allegedly "not taking seriously the matter of human-wildlife conflict," which saw two people lose their lives in the district of Wayanad within a week.
After meeting the family members of the Forest Department watcher, who was trampled to death by wild in Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi said that he has asked state's Chief Minister in a letter that why it was taking "so long" to build a medical college in Wayanad, and sought immediate release of c